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Agency classPublic Health AlertOur severity:HighUSDA FSIS·PHA-05242021·Announced 2021-05-25

USDA Issues Alert for Frozen Cooked Diced Chicken Due to Listeria

USDA FSIS issued a public health alert for approximately 130,860 pounds of frozen, fully cooked diced chicken products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The agency’s classification

USDA FSIS: Public Health Alert

Public Health Alert is a warning FSIS issues when there is a food-safety concern but a recall is not requested, typically because the affected product is no longer available for purchase.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which corresponds to a score of 3 (High) according to the severity rubric.

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for approximately 130,860 pounds of frozen, fully cooked, diced chicken products. The affected items are 4-lb. plastic bags of "FULLY COOKED CHICKEN MEAT ¾ DICED WHITE" (code 13530, Est. P-18237) and "FULLY COOKED CHICKEN MEAT DARK/WHITE ¾ DICED" (code 16598, Est. P-45638). These products were packed on January 25, 2021, January 26, 2021, March 23, 2021, and March 24, 2021.

The products were distributed by Big Daddy Foods, Inc., a Houston, Texas firm, to consumers at local food banks in Florida through the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program. Distribution occurred between February 24, 2021, and March 1, 2021, and between March 29, 2021, and April 8, 2021. The issue was discovered during routine FSIS inspection activities when personnel observed products requiring recooking due to possible Listeria contamination had been repackaged without being recooked. A subsequent investigation determined other affected product had been further distributed in commerce.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. However, consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns. Consumers who have received these products are urged not to consume them and should throw them away. FSIS advises all consumers to reheat ready-to-eat product until steaming hot.

The recalled product

Product
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Frozen, Cooked Diced Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination
Category
Food — Poultry
Hazard

Distribution

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